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Why is there more nitrogen than oxygen in the air?

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Nitrogen is a stable gas and doesn't want to react to anything. When you breathe in air, you breathe in nitrogen along with oxygen. However, as oxygen gets absorbed into your body, since nitrogen is stable, you breathe it back out, leaving more nitrogen in the air.

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